why would you create two different subnets on the same physical network?
- by xirtyllo
I'm working at a messy location,
one of the strange (for me) things is that on the same physical network there are two different subnets. Specifically some computers will have 10.0.0.0/24 and some others will have 172.16.0.0/24.
There is only one DHCP server, which gives IPs on the 10.0.0.0/24 range, and there are two internet gateways, one with IP 172.16.0.1 and one with IP 10.0.0.1 .
To give an example, I can easily swap one PC from one subnet to the other just by changing its IP and gateway settings.
I am trying to imagine why they created the network this way, and which may be the possible advantages and/or drawbacks of having two different subnets on the same physical network.
Any thoughts?